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January - 3 
Six relief camps have been closed down in Chirang and Kokrajhar districts, and with this, the total number of relief camps has come down to 96 in the four Districts namely Chirang, Udalguri, Kokrajhar and Sonitpur, reports The Assam Tribune on January 3. As on January 4, approximately 164,790 inmate
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Six relief camps have been closed down in Chirang and Kokrajhar districts, and with this, the total number of relief camps has come down to 96 in the four Districts namely Chirang, Udalguri, Kokrajhar and Sonitpur, reports The Assam Tribune on January 3. As on January 4, approximately 164,790 inmates are living in 96 relief camps. In Kokrajhar, 138,943 inmates are in 68 relief camps; in Chirang 22,086 inmates are in 14 camps; in Udalguri 2,464 inmates are in seven relief camps; and in Sonitpur 1,297 inmates are in seven relief camps. Around 286,000 persons were sheltered in 139 relief camps in these four districts as on December 30 according to a release by the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) on January 3. The violence which started on December 23, 2014 when NDFB-IKS militants gunned down 70 Adivasis; the counter violence and Police firing has claimed 82 lives till date.
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January - 3 
The four major international airports of India in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata constitute about 94 per cent of instances of drugs smuggling and seizures, according to Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) data, The Times of India reports on January 4. Out of a total 63 incidents of narcotics detectio
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The four major international airports of India in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata constitute about 94 per cent of instances of drugs smuggling and seizures, according to Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) data, The Times of India reports on January 4. Out of a total 63 incidents of narcotics detection and seizure at airports in the country in 2013, 59 were reported from these air facilities, one of the largest hubs in terms of passenger and cargo load. Only six per cent of cases were detected at the airports of Guwahati (Assam), Bangalore (Karnataka)and Madurai (Tamil Nadu).While Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport reported a total of 17 drugs seizure cases during the said period, the Chennai airport had 16 such instances while Kolkata and Mumbai airports registered 13 such instances each during 2013. Over 1,026 kilograms of narcotics, including Ketamine, Ganja, Heroin, Ephedrine and Pseudoephedrine were seized from these air facilities during the year leading to the arrest of 75 people under the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, the data said."Drug couriers are largely intercepted and detected at international airports as they have the facility of being connected to foreign shores. Instances of both the consignment being sent out of India or being brought in have been detected under these seizures," a senior anti-narcotics official said.
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February - 28 
Centre has sought a detailed report from the State Government over the reports of encroachment on the reserve forests posing a threat to the law and order situation in the State, reports The Assam Tribune on March 1. The Centre has also expressed concern over the encroachment on the tribal belts and
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Centre has sought a detailed report from the State Government over the reports of encroachment on the reserve forests posing a threat to the law and order situation in the State, reports The Assam Tribune on March 1. The Centre has also expressed concern over the encroachment on the tribal belts and blocks in the State. It may be mentioned here that the Government of India became concerned over the encroachment on the reserved forests after the killing of more than 69 persons on December 23, 2014. Security sources admitted that the most of the killings took place in the notified forest areas, while the militants involved in the attacks also took shelter in the forests that are now under encroachment. Interestingly, the Government is not in a position to construct permanent Police Stations or roads in the areas notified as reserved forests and the militants are taking full advantage of the situation to take shelter among the encroachers.
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March - 31 
Some startling facts were revealed in the findings of Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India with regards to the function of Police in Assam, reports Times of India. Again, 18 police stations do not have rest rooms for personnel and two others do not even have drinking water facilities.
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Some startling facts were revealed in the findings of Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India with regards to the function of Police in Assam, reports Times of India. Again, 18 police stations do not have rest rooms for personnel and two others do not even have drinking water facilities. One Police Station in the State is operating from a market shed, another from a private club and a third from a quarter of Public Works Department. The CAG further points out that for combating modern day cyber crime; Assam Cyber Crime Investigation Lab was set up in October, 2013. But the lab remained no-functional till December, 2014 due to the primary requirement of a broadband connection, shortage of equipment; skilled manpower and separate automated power back up. Not just the lack of basic human facilities, the CAG has also pointed out that 26% of weapons and same percentage of ammunition with the state police force are obsolete. Besides, its existing analog communication system is also vulnerable to easy interception. The CAG states that the objective of establishing the Counter Insurgency and anti-Terrorist Training Schools (CIAT) has not been achieved as the 4,769 personnel, who completed training at these schools, were not trained in night training, underground firing and jungle warfare.
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April - 11 
Assam, Manipur and Meghalaya continue to account for the bulk of insurgency-related incidents in the Northeast although the incidents have steadily increased in Meghalaya in the last eight years compared to the other militancy-inflicted states, reports The Telegraph on April 12. Union Ministry of Ho
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Assam, Manipur and Meghalaya continue to account for the bulk of insurgency-related incidents in the Northeast although the incidents have steadily increased in Meghalaya in the last eight years compared to the other militancy-inflicted states, reports The Telegraph on April 12. Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) report stated, "The security situation in some of the north-eastern states, which has remained complex for quite some time because of diverse demands advocated by various militant outfits, has been gradually improving in terms of reduction in violent incidents/civilians killed/security forces killed etc. in 2013 and 2014. However, in Assam casualties have gone up because of terrorist attacks by IK Songbijit faction of National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB-IKS) in December 2014." While comparing the situation in the Northeast during the past eight years, the report pointed out that violent incidents have come down from 1,489 in 2007 to 824 in 2014 and the number of civilians killed has decreased from 498 to 212. In 2014, 212 civilians and 20 security personnel were killed in the 824 militant-related activities in the Northeast. In 2013, 107 civilians and 18 security forces were killed in 732 incidents. A comparative analysis of the violent incidents reveals that in 2007, Assam had recorded a figure of 474 while in 2014, the figure had dropped to 246. In 2007, Manipur had recorded a figure of 584 while the same in 2014 was 278. Nagaland has also shown a marked improvement with 77 incidents in 2014 compared to 272 incidents in 2007. While the figures in Assam, Manipur and Nagaland have significantly dropped, the narrative for Meghalaya was different. From 28 incidents in 2007, Meghalaya recorded 179 extremist-related incidents in 2014. The report also stated, “The militant outfits of the neighbouring states have encouraged, trained and nurtured the Garo militant groups like the A'chik National Volunteers' Council (ANVC) and Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA), Independent faction of united Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA-I), NDFB-IKS, United Achik Liberation Army (UALA) and Isak-Muivah faction of National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN -IM) also have their 'command structure' in Garo hills." However, the ANVC was disbanded in December 2014 in Tura, West Garo hills, along with its breakaway faction, the ANVC-B, after a memorandum of settlement (MoS) was signed with the outfits in September 2014.
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August - 19 
Cyber crimes witnessed a 69 per cent increase in 2014 with the maximum cases registered under the now-repealed Section 66A of Information Technology (IT) Act, according to 'Crime in India 2014' report published by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), according to Deccan Herald. Police registere
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Cyber crimes witnessed a 69 per cent increase in 2014 with the maximum cases registered under the now-repealed Section 66A of Information Technology (IT) Act, according to 'Crime in India 2014' report published by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), according to Deccan Herald. Police registered 9,622 cases of cyber crime in 2014 as against 5,693 in 2013 with Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Karnataka together accounting for 48.18 per cent of the cases across the country, the report said. While Maharashtra topped the list with 1,879 cases, a 107.2 per cent rise from 907 cases the previous year, Uttar Pradesh which came second with 1,737 cases, registered a 154.7 per cent hike from the previous year's figure of 682. Karnataka, witnessed 91.4 per cent rise in cyber crime cases from 533 in 2013 to 10,20 last year. The increase in cases was also reflected in the number of arrests, which reported a 74.3 per cent rise from 3,301 to 5,752. The report showed that the maximum number of cyber crimes were related to Section 66A, which was declared void by Supreme Court in March, 2015. A total of 4,192 cases or 44 per cent of cyber crimes were registered under this section in UP (898) and Karnataka (603). While, Assam registered 377 cases.
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September - 1 
With investigation into the international racket pumping in Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) in the state (Assam) proceeding at snail's pace, state Police have been struggling to check the menace, reports The Times of India on September 2. The reports said that the situation is so critical that out
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With investigation into the international racket pumping in Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) in the state (Assam) proceeding at snail's pace, state Police have been struggling to check the menace, reports The Times of India on September 2. The reports said that the situation is so critical that out of total 352 cases that have been registered against FICN denotation suppliers since 2010 till June 2015, only six were convicted. A Home department official said, "During the same period, at least 388 persons were arrested across the state. State Police have prepared charge sheets in only 189 cases." Not even a single accused was convicted or sentenced since 2013. Out of the total six convicted in the last five years, two were found guilty in 2011 and four in 2012. A top Police official said "Most of the arrested were merely smugglers only, whereas the king pin of such rackets operate from outside the country. Investigation suffers when it comes to an international territory." According to intelligence reports, Pakistan-based militant groups, with the help of several insurgents in Myanmar and Bangladesh, have been pumping in counterfeit notes to India. Sources said militant groups in the Northeast get huge funds from the FICN trade. The official said, "Police are involved in checking traditional crimes like insurgency and ethnic clashes. Fake currency has not become a priority of the force yet."
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September - 21 
According to latest Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) figures, kidnappings, a staple insurgent activity in the North-East, has seen a significant decline this year, with the worst-affected state of Assam showing a nearly 70 per cent drop in kidnapping incidents even as the recently banned Khapla
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According to latest Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) figures, kidnappings, a staple insurgent activity in the North-East, has seen a significant decline this year, with the worst-affected state of Assam showing a nearly 70 per cent drop in kidnapping incidents even as the recently banned Khaplang faction of National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-K) outfit resorted to maximum abductions for any outfit in 2015, reports The Economic Times on September 22. The figures show that 182 kidnappings have been reported this year from the seven northeastern states compared to 250 in the same period last year and 369 in all in 2014. Assam has seen the biggest drop - from 125 in 2013 and 94 in 2014 to only 24 so far this year, kidnappings in Meghalaya are down from 110 last year to 45 so far this year and the same is down to 24 in Arunachal Pradesh from 49 last year. The maximum kidnappings by any outfit in the North-East this year, 34, have been done by the just-banned NSCN-K outfit in Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh, followed by 24 by Khole-Khitovi faction of NSCN (NSCN-KK) in both these states and 15 by the Isak-Muivah faction of NSCN (NSCN-IM) - with which a framework agreement was signed recently. In fact, Nagaland has now overtaken Assam as the state worst affected by kidnappings, reporting 55 cases already compared to 65 in all in 2014. The Naga outfits in Manipur along with NSCN-K have meanwhile emerged as the most violent North-East outfits this year, resorting to 65 incidents of terrorism and inflicting 27 casualties on Security Forces (SFs) this year through ambush attacks in Manipur and Nagaland on convoys of Army and Assam Rifles (AR) - the total casualties of SFs this year have hence jumped almost 300 per cent to 40 from only 12 in 2014. Civilian casualties are however down to a record low at only 32 casualties this year compared to 114 in the same period last year. Tripura, where the State Government lifted Armed Forces [Special Powers] Acts (AFSPA) earlier this year, continues to be the most peaceful state in the North-East, reporting only one violent incident, a single civilian death and two killings of SFs. Manipur, the worst-affected state by insurgency in North-East, has seen an improvement, with violent incidents down by nearly 25 per cent.
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October - 4 
National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) observed the 29th Anniversary at an NDFB designated camp at Sonai near Udalguri town in Udalguri District on October 4, reports The Shillong Times. During the anniversary programme the NDFB supremo, Ranjan Daimari informed that since 1986, around 3000 NDF
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National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) observed the 29th Anniversary at an NDFB designated camp at Sonai near Udalguri town in Udalguri District on October 4, reports The Shillong Times. During the anniversary programme the NDFB supremo, Ranjan Daimari informed that since 1986, around 3000 NDFB ‘soldiers’ were killed and many were taken away from their home without trace leaving behind their wives as widows and their children as orphan besides many parents as childless. Ranjan Daimari also said that ”We participated in several rounds of talk with central government in the last ten years, but no solution come till date”, adding, “If the Indian government repeatedly betrays the demands tabled by the NDFB then the outfit might be compelled to re-consider the ongoing peace talk”. “The demand of separate state of Bodoland is not only for the Bodos’ but for the all round development, peace, unity and integrity of the whole communities residing in the proposed separate state of Bodoland”, Daimary said. However, the NDFB will have a peace talk with the Union Government on October 9.
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October - 8 
Zeliangrong Baudi Assam, the Zeme Council Assam and the Mathai (Village Chief) Council Assam, have submitted a representation to the ‘Ato Kilonser’ (Prime Minister) of Isak-Muivah faction of National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-IM) urging for the creation of a separate District known as ‘Haf
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Zeliangrong Baudi Assam, the Zeme Council Assam and the Mathai (Village Chief) Council Assam, have submitted a representation to the ‘Ato Kilonser’ (Prime Minister) of Isak-Muivah faction of National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-IM) urging for the creation of a separate District known as ‘Haflong District’ with its headquarters at Haflong, mainly for the Zeliangrong Nagas along with the minority communities under the new administrative system that may be created through the Framework Agreement with the Government of India (GoI). The joint representation urged for “special attention for inclusion and integration of our land and people to that of Nagalim.” “Irrespective of any circumstances or technicalities that may arise during the political settlement process, the organisations expressed hope that Zeliangrong areas shall be treated as a single territory and no part of it will be left out in the process of integration of Naga areas. It further asked that the Zeme Nagas of the NC Hills remain intact and bound to the remaining Naga areas as a single administrative and political unit.
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October - 8 
Maoists are trying to gain foothold in the North-East again and they are getting ‘wide’ range of allies’ form rhino poachers of Kaziranga to the NSCN-IM which recently signed a peace deal with the Centre, reports Deccan Herald on October 9. The startling facts came out during interrogation of top Ma
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Maoists are trying to gain foothold in the North-East again and they are getting ‘wide’ range of allies’ form rhino poachers of Kaziranga to the NSCN-IM which recently signed a peace deal with the Centre, reports Deccan Herald on October 9. The startling facts came out during interrogation of top Maoists leader of Assam, Aditya Bora, who was arrested on October 1. Police sources said that Bora alias ‘Baba’, was a most wanted in Assam Police list. He was the founder of the Upper Assam Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) and used to take direct instruction from CPI-Maoist Politburo member Prasanta Ghosh alias Kishan Da. He also revealed that after most members of the CPI-Maoist who operated across the state, including in lower Assam, Upper Assam and Barak valley region were arrested between 2012 to 2014, and he was busy reorganizing the group. He himself created a sleeper cell and got fresh recruits. It was not possible for him to send out the recruit for training to Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh due to scaled up operations. As such he was asked by the top leadership to float a ‘shadow’ organisation named Revolutionary Peoples Group (RPG). Police sources further added that the RPG then established contacts with the NSCN-IM, so that it can get its new recruits trained in Nagaland. The CPI-Maoist already had an understanding with the Revolutionary Peoples’ Front (RPF) of Manipur and Bora tried to send his cadres across the border to the RPF base at Sagaing division of Myanmar, sources added.
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October - 12 
Armed with sophisticated weapons, a large number of Para-military and state security personnel would be deployed in Tripura and Assam for the Durga Puja festivities beginning next week, officials said on October 12, reports The Sentinel. “The Border Security Force (BSF) has been asked to maintain a
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Armed with sophisticated weapons, a large number of Para-military and state security personnel would be deployed in Tripura and Assam for the Durga Puja festivities beginning next week, officials said on October 12, reports The Sentinel. “The Border Security Force (BSF) has been asked to maintain a close watch on the India-Bangladesh border to ensure that the festival is free of any untoward incident,” Tripura’s Inspector General of Police (IGP) Nepal Das said. “Counter-insurgency operation against the outlawed militants would be intensified by Assam Rifles, CRPF and the Tripura State Rifles in the terrorist prone and hilly areas,” Das said. He said intelligence networks have been activated and police pickets and mobile and foot patrolling will be conducted.
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October - 12 
Former militant leader of now disbanded Jewel Garlosa faction of Dima Halim Daogah (DHD-J) and an elected member of Dima Hasao District Autonomous Council, Mihir Garlosa alias Jewel Garlosa who was arrested by Assam Police on October 11 was granted bail by a local court in Dima Hasao Hill District o
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Former militant leader of now disbanded Jewel Garlosa faction of Dima Halim Daogah (DHD-J) and an elected member of Dima Hasao District Autonomous Council, Mihir Garlosa alias Jewel Garlosa who was arrested by Assam Police on October 11 was granted bail by a local court in Dima Hasao Hill District on October 12
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October - 12 
sources said that life is not easy for the militants, particularly those belonging to the ULFA-I and the IK Songbijit faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB-IKS) as the outfits are facing severe financial crunch. Security sources said that the ULFA-I is making desperate attempts
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sources said that life is not easy for the militants, particularly those belonging to the ULFA-I and the IK Songbijit faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB-IKS) as the outfits are facing severe financial crunch. Security sources said that the ULFA-I is making desperate attempts to launch extortion drive, particularly in the upper Assam Districts. But the militants are not getting enough funds to sustain in Myanmar. The people who received extortion notes from the ULFA-I are not willing to pay the demanded amount any more, forcing the outfit to negotiate the amount and there were occasions where they were forced to accept even small amounts, sources added. The situation is even worse for the NDFB-IKS and the outfit has reportedly gone into heavy debt as the flow of funds has been totally squeezed. The main source of income of the outfit was kidnapping. But after the massive crackdown launched against the outfit in December last year (2014), NDFB-IKS was not being able to indulge in any kidnapping. According to information available with the security agencies, at least 200 cadres of the NDFB-IKS are staying in the camps in Myanmar, including two batches of new recruits. The outfit is not in a position to send them to Assam, while, the leaders are finding it tough to sustain the camps in Myanmar. Facing severe financial crunch, the NDFB-IKS militants are now engaged in cultivation near the camps in Myanmar. Sources, however, admitted that both ULFA-I and NDFB-IKS do not have shortage of weapons and they may resort to selling of arms and ammunition to other militant groups in near future.
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October - 13 
Demanding exclusion of non-Bodo majority villages from the BTAD and protesting against creation of a separate Bodo State, Aboro Surakshya Samittee is taking up a series of agitation programmes. The spokesperson of the organisation, Jogeswar Kalita, in a press release said that at the time of sealing
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Demanding exclusion of non-Bodo majority villages from the BTAD and protesting against creation of a separate Bodo State, Aboro Surakshya Samittee is taking up a series of agitation programmes. The spokesperson of the organisation, Jogeswar Kalita, in a press release said that at the time of sealing the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) Accord, more than 800 villages were illegally and undemocratically included in BTAD. Though, as per the Accord, the villages with less than 50 per cent Bodo population could not be included in BTAD, but the same was done by supplying false reports and records at the time of preparing the model for the BTAD, he alleged. The spokesman also said that the non-Bodos of over 800 villages have been subjected to harassment and exploitation. “They are not only deprived of the Government welfare schemes, but their culture and languages are also under threat,” he added.
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October - 14 
Assam Police have sounded alert over the militant threat to disrupt Indian Super League (ISL) football matches to be played in Guwahati and tightened the security in and around the venue. Guwahati city Police Commissioner Mukesh Agarwal informed that there had been intelligence inputs about possible
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Assam Police have sounded alert over the militant threat to disrupt Indian Super League (ISL) football matches to be played in Guwahati and tightened the security in and around the venue. Guwahati city Police Commissioner Mukesh Agarwal informed that there had been intelligence inputs about possible attempts by some militant groups to disrupt ISL matches which, he said would be held under tight security in the city. He said alert had already been sounded over the militants’ threat and Police and Security Forces (SFs) were working round the clock to hold the matches without any hitch in the city. Assam Chief Minister (CM) Tarun Gogoi has issued instruction to the Police force and the law and order maintenance machinery in the state to take all possible steps to enhance security of people and property in the state during the ensuing festive season that starts with celebration of Durga Puja, adds The Shillong Times.
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October - 20 
Police are on their toes in the State, including Guwahati, so as to ensure that the ongoing festive season passes of peacefully, reports The Sentinel Assam on October 20. Report said that the Police have to go an extra mile with the deployment of paramilitary forces and its reserved forces, keeping
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Police are on their toes in the State, including Guwahati, so as to ensure that the ongoing festive season passes of peacefully, reports The Sentinel Assam on October 20. Report said that the Police have to go an extra mile with the deployment of paramilitary forces and its reserved forces, keeping an eye on the sense of communal intolerance wafting across the country. These apart, according to a top-level Police official, during such festivals insurgent groups like the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) are on the lookout for soft targets. “We’re ready to face every eventuality. We keep in touch with the district administrations. Special watch is being maintained in places like Dhubri, Hojai in Nagaon, Barpeta, Barak Valley etc., where the possibilities communal uprising are always high,” he said.
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October - 21 
Maoists are planning to make fresh recruitments, especially targeting the age group of 12-year-olds and above as they are running short of manpower in Assam, according to sources in the Security Forces (SFs), reports The Assam Tribune on October 20. The Maoists have chosen the festival season to sco
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Maoists are planning to make fresh recruitments, especially targeting the age group of 12-year-olds and above as they are running short of manpower in Assam, according to sources in the Security Forces (SFs), reports The Assam Tribune on October 20. The Maoists have chosen the festival season to scout for youths from tea garden areas and ethnic groups in the tea belt for recruiting them into the insurgent fold, the sources said. They are also planning to recruit youths through their allies by sending details through WhatsApp about the youths’ education, family background and location, the sources added. According to sources, though the recruitment drive started a year back, the process has now been speeded up due to shortage of manpower in the Maoist camps as two batches after their 18-month training in Jharkhand and Odisha are ready to arrive by January 2016. In the belt along the Brahmaputra, short documentary films are loaded in 1GB/2GB mobile handsets so that the impressionable boys of age 12 to 13 years are influenced and brainwashed to join the Naxalite movement, said the sources. The seven Upper Assam Districts of Dhemaji, Jorhat, Lakhimpur, Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, Sivasagar and Golaghat have borders with neighbouring hill States, while the belt along the river is a breeding ground for Naxal activities, the sources mentioned.
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October - 27 
Following the recommendations of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), the Assam Government has paid INR 4 million as relief to the families of six persons who were allegedly killed in separate Police encounters between 2010 - 2011, reports The Times of India. A statement issued on October 26
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Following the recommendations of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), the Assam Government has paid INR 4 million as relief to the families of six persons who were allegedly killed in separate Police encounters between 2010 - 2011, reports The Times of India. A statement issued on October 26 by the NHRC said, "In all these cases, the Government of Assam could not convince the Commission in response to its notices that the encounters were genuine and the police had to open fire in self-defence." Out of these six, four cases were registered by the Commission in the year 2010 while two other cases were registered in the year 2011. However, Police claimed that all these encounters were of the suspected extremists and were carried out by Police alone or in joint operations with Security Forces (SFs) in different Districts of Assam. Recording the compliance of its recommendations by the State Government, the Commission closed these cases in the month of September, 2015.
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October - 29 
General Officer Commanding in Chief of the Eastern Command, Lieutenant General Praveen Bakshi reviewed the security scenario in Lower Assam and the counter-insurgency (CI) operations, reports The Assam Tribune on October 29. After visiting the forward locations in Tawang Sector, Bakshi visited Rangi
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General Officer Commanding in Chief of the Eastern Command, Lieutenant General Praveen Bakshi reviewed the security scenario in Lower Assam and the counter-insurgency (CI) operations, reports The Assam Tribune on October 29. After visiting the forward locations in Tawang Sector, Bakshi visited Rangiya- based Red Horns Division accompanied by Lieutenant General Sarath Chand to review the overall security situation prevailing in Lower Assam and also to get a first-hand feel of the ongoing operations against the terrorist groups. According to reports, he was given a detailed briefing on the ongoing counter-insurgency and counter- terrorism operations in Lower Assam, with a specific update on the current operations being undertaken against IK Songbijit faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB-IKS) post the December 23, 2014 violence against the Adivasis.
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October - 30 
To commemorate the tragic serial blast of Oct 30, 2008, the All Assam Students’ Union will observe the day as ‘A Day Against Terrorism’ on October 30, reports The Sentinel. In this regard, the organization will organize prayer meets at various places and will pray for those who lost their lives on t
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To commemorate the tragic serial blast of Oct 30, 2008, the All Assam Students’ Union will observe the day as ‘A Day Against Terrorism’ on October 30, reports The Sentinel. In this regard, the organization will organize prayer meets at various places and will pray for those who lost their lives on the fateful day.
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November - 1 
Members of Independent faction of United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA-I) are being given lessons during their recruitment training to be "friendly and helpful" towards villagers in order to regain the trust of the people, reports The Telegraph on November 2. In his confessional statement to Police
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Members of Independent faction of United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA-I) are being given lessons during their recruitment training to be "friendly and helpful" towards villagers in order to regain the trust of the people, reports The Telegraph on November 2. In his confessional statement to Police, ULFA-I militant Lakhyajit Moran alias Moina alias Tushar who was arrested in Tinsukia District on October 16, said the outfit is attempting to win back public support. Moran is now in judicial custody.
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November - 1 
The Central agencies warned the Assam Government about the possibility of the militants belonging to the NDFB-IKS indulging in poaching to ensure survival of the members of the outfit in the face of severe financial crunch, reports The Assam Tribune on November 2. Highly placed security sources said
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The Central agencies warned the Assam Government about the possibility of the militants belonging to the NDFB-IKS indulging in poaching to ensure survival of the members of the outfit in the face of severe financial crunch, reports The Assam Tribune on November 2. Highly placed security sources said that the security agencies recently received a disturbing input about the possibility of the militants belonging to NDFB-IKS indulging in poaching and the input was immediately shared with the Assam Government and all the forces engaged in counter-insurgency operations. Sources said that according to the input, the NDFB-IKS has gone into heavy debt in Myanmar as the flow of funds from Assam dried up following sustained operations against the outfit. The NDFB-IKS has not been able to pay the debts to the Khaplang faction of National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-K) for using the facilities of the outfit in Myanmar. Recently, the NDFB-IKS leaders requested the NSCN-K to provide some weapons, but the request was denied because of the failure of the outfit to repay the outstanding debts.
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November - 3 
The Isak-Muivah faction of National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-IM) is allegedly carrying out extortion in Dima Hasao District of Assam in violation of the truce with the Centre, reports The Telegraph on November 4. According to sources, a group of NSCN-IM militants is still active in certai
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The Isak-Muivah faction of National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-IM) is allegedly carrying out extortion in Dima Hasao District of Assam in violation of the truce with the Centre, reports The Telegraph on November 4. According to sources, a group of NSCN-IM militants is still active in certain areas of the district bordering Nagaland and running extortion drives from its temporary camps located at Baladhan village. Dima Hasao shares a 46km border with Nagaland. Report adds that suspected cadres of the NSCN-IM abducted a local contractor of Natun Lonkhai village under Mahur police station in Dima Hasao, identified as Sangjeulungbe Panme from Hajaichak village on October 31 night. Panme and three other church leaders were on their way to Bambi village in a Maruti van when he was abducted. He was released on November 2 morning. However, Police said they are yet to receive a First Information Report (FIR) in connection with the kidnapping but the incident had come to their knowledge and they were investigating it.
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November - 12 
The IK Songbijit faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB-IKS) denied killing of Anup Basumatary, a surrendered cadre of the outfit and resident of Soraibil in Rangapara in Kokrajhar District, reports The Sentinel on November 13. ‘President’ of the NDFB-IKS, B. Saoraigwra, in an em
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The IK Songbijit faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB-IKS) denied killing of Anup Basumatary, a surrendered cadre of the outfit and resident of Soraibil in Rangapara in Kokrajhar District, reports The Sentinel on November 13. ‘President’ of the NDFB-IKS, B. Saoraigwra, in an emailed statement said that the NDFB-IKS was not involved in the killing of Anup Basumatary. “We strongly condemn it”, he said adding that the allegation brought by the villagers and deceased family was totally false. He also said the ‘Operation All Out’ against NDFB-IKS has given a golden chance to the SFs to kill the Bodos and to harass the common people. The ‘President’ strongly warned the Indian SFs not to kill the innocent Bodo people and stay away from barbaric killing. He also urged all the Bodo people to stand united against the operation in Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC).
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November - 28 
The Assam Criminal Investigation Department (CID) received complaints from internet users in the State that they were receiving Islamic State (IS/ISIS) sponsored links, videos and photographs in their online accounts, reports The Sentinel on November 29. "We have come across such cases in Silchar an
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The Assam Criminal Investigation Department (CID) received complaints from internet users in the State that they were receiving Islamic State (IS/ISIS) sponsored links, videos and photographs in their online accounts, reports The Sentinel on November 29. "We have come across such cases in Silchar and Guwahati. Even women are being targeted," a CID source said. Most of the complaints are related to Facebook accounts. "The group is using cyber space to spot and radicalize people. Out of curiosity, users often view pages related to ISIS. These users are followed and targeted by the Islamic outfit. Links, videos, messages, photographs - both in English and Arabic - are sent to the targeted users in a bid to radicalize them. Messages are also sent to their online friends," said an officer. Sometimes, links are also sent to random people. If the person reciprocates or 'likes' those contents, they become targets. Earlier, Director General of Police (DGP) Khagen Sarma had admitted that a lot of interest has been generated in Assam about the ISIS. Moreover, reports suggest that Assam has the second largest volume of internet traffic related to ISIS in the country after Jammu and Kashmir (J&K).
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December - 11 
The Assam Government on December 11 informed the state Assembly that criminal cases have been registered against 552 Police personnel in the past five years and of them, 115 have been suspended and nine dismissed from service, reports The Telegraph. Meanwhile, security has been beefed up along t
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The Assam Government on December 11 informed the state Assembly that criminal cases have been registered against 552 Police personnel in the past five years and of them, 115 have been suspended and nine dismissed from service, reports The Telegraph. Meanwhile, security has been beefed up along the Assam-Nagaland border, adds The Telegraph.
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December - 13 
Based on the fresh and confirmed inputs regarding the movement of suspected United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) cadres with sophisticated arms in and around militancy- infected Pengaree- Bordumsa belt including Gurung basti (West Bengal) near Dibrujan and Talpather in Bordumsa (Changlang District
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Based on the fresh and confirmed inputs regarding the movement of suspected United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) cadres with sophisticated arms in and around militancy- infected Pengaree- Bordumsa belt including Gurung basti (West Bengal) near Dibrujan and Talpather in Bordumsa (Changlang District of Arunachal Pradesh), the ongoing search operation in the entire belt has been intensified with Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Tinsukia, L. Dungal himself taking the lead, reports The Sentinel on December 14. The Officer in Charge (OC) Pengree Police Station, Jai Sankar Warry, who had earlier accomplished various militant operations commendably, said that the cadres of the banned ULFA recently threatened the garden workers not to work in their respective gardens till the owners comply with the monetary demand of the Paresh Baruah-led Independent faction of ULFA (ULFA-I) militant organization. Sources added that the search operation was being carried out at various vulnerable pockets of different locations on all sides of the Assam-Arunachal border, including Borsumsa.
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December - 13 
The militants have also been reported to have accelerated their monetary drive to meet their basic requirements at any cost, adds The Sentinel on December 14. Security officials, however, claimed that work in the tea gardens was going on in the entire belt and Security Forces (SFs) have been consta
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The militants have also been reported to have accelerated their monetary drive to meet their basic requirements at any cost, adds The Sentinel on December 14. Security officials, however, claimed that work in the tea gardens was going on in the entire belt and Security Forces (SFs) have been constantly trying to bring the desired output without disturbing the peace among the people in the belt.
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December - 14 
According to the latest Home Department report, frequent abductions have become commonplace for people living along the Assam-Meghalaya border, reports The Times of India on December 15. The Goalpara and South Salmara Police Districts have together recorded 187 cases of abduction since the beginning
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According to the latest Home Department report, frequent abductions have become commonplace for people living along the Assam-Meghalaya border, reports The Times of India on December 15. The Goalpara and South Salmara Police Districts have together recorded 187 cases of abduction since the beginning of this year (2015). While Goalpara District has recorded 138 cases, South Salmara has recorded 49 incidents of kidnapping. Dhubri District, too, has recorded more than 10 such cases this year. The Assam Government has already urged Meghalaya to take proactive steps to curb criminal activities along the interstate border. Meetings have been held between civil and Police forces of districts on either side of the Assam-Meghalaya border, sources said. The safety of the general public, especially traders from Assam who frequently travel to Meghalaya, has been discussed. Though most of the abductions have been carried out by miscreants, the Home Department records do not rule out the role of militant outfits of the region in some of the incidents. Sources said rebel groups like ULFA-I, IK Songbijit faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB-IKS), Kamatapur Liberation Organization (KLO) and Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) are active along the bordering areas of Assam and Meghalaya. The ULFA-I's 109 battalion is active in the area, as are Garo militants. The Home Department has also asked Assam Police to maintain a separate record of militancy-related incidents in Goalpara. "From the beginning of 2005 till the end of October this year, there have been at least 88 incidents of militancy-related violence in Goalpara in which some 101 people, including civilians, security forces and militants, have died," a senior Police officer said.
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December - 14 
ULFA ‘general secretary’ Anup Chetia on December 14 said that he would join the ongoing peace process with the Government and also sought forgiveness for the outfit's past mistakes, reports The Telegraph. "I am ready to join the peace talks (between the pro-talks faction of ULFA and the Centre)," Ch
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ULFA ‘general secretary’ Anup Chetia on December 14 said that he would join the ongoing peace process with the Government and also sought forgiveness for the outfit's past mistakes, reports The Telegraph. "I am ready to join the peace talks (between the pro-talks faction of ULFA and the Centre)," Chetia said when he was brought to the designated Terrorist and Disruptive Activities [Prevention] Act (TADA) court in Guwahati on December 14. "A certain section of people have doubts whether I will join the peace talks. Some are also suspecting that I will run away. But I am for the peace talks," he said. "I ask for forgiveness from the people of Assam for our past mistakes," he said. "I pay homage to our comrades who lost their lives during our struggle." Chetia expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi for bringing him back from Bangladesh.
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December - 15 
Assam Police and Crime Investigation Department (CID) have claimed that there is mounting evidence that JMB (Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh) was colluding with several northern part of West Bengal and north-east based terror groups, The Times of India reports on December 16. The most important evid
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Assam Police and Crime Investigation Department (CID) have claimed that there is mounting evidence that JMB (Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh) was colluding with several northern part of West Bengal and north-east based terror groups, The Times of India reports on December 16. The most important evidence in this regard reportedly has landed with Assam Police which claim it has telephonic intercepts that say jihadis are in touch with Pakistan-sponsored terror groups. Earlier on December 14, Bangladesh Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu said the National Investigation Agency's (NIA) revelation on JMB’s activities in India, strengthens the Bangladesh government's claim on the recent rise in terror modules in the country. "These modules are likely to be patronized by forces in Pakistan," he said. The NIA has warned that JMB was preparing for fidayeen (suicide) attacks and that after spreading wings in border Districts and Bardhaman, they were eyeing fresh recruits from further south of Bengal like South 24-Parganas. The NIA had dealt with the "Pakistan" angle earlier too. “A laptop seized from Malda District, that Burdwan blast accused Zia-ul-Haque had tried to conceal with his brother after the blast, is a major evidence. The forensic examination of this laptop and a pen drive recovered from his possession revealed that these contained several videos inciting communal hatred, lectures by leaders of Pakistan-based terrorists urging action against India, terrorist strikes in the name of Jihad and terrorist-training material. This laptop was procured by another accused, Sahanur Alom, from a school student in Assam thereby establishing the association between Haque and Alom as partners in the conspiracy," the NIA chargesheet stated.
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December - 15 
The Assam Government advocated the involvement of United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) ‘general secretary’ Anup Chetia in the on-going peace process, stressing on expediting the ongoing talks with all the militant groups for bringing a lasting solution of the problem of militancy in the State, rep
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The Assam Government advocated the involvement of United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) ‘general secretary’ Anup Chetia in the on-going peace process, stressing on expediting the ongoing talks with all the militant groups for bringing a lasting solution of the problem of militancy in the State, reports The Assam Tribune on December 16. The Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said that as ULFA ‘general secretary’, Anup Chetia is an important figure in the context of peace talks, the Government of Assam had all along been pursuing with the Centre for repatriation of Chetia. Now, since he had been finally brought to the country, State Government feel that he should be associated with the ongoing peace talks between the Government and the Pro-Talk faction of ULFA (ULFA-PTF). The Chief Minister made this plea when he met the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 16 at his Parliament House Office. The Chief Minister also discussed about the security scenario with the Prime Minister during the South Asian Federation (SAF) Games in Guwahati.
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December - 15 
The Global Terrorism Index 2015 stated that Assam witnessed 25 per cent of the terror attacks carried out in the country last year (2014), reports The Telegraph on December 16. Massacres by the IK Songbijit faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB-IKS) figure prominently in the rep
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The Global Terrorism Index 2015 stated that Assam witnessed 25 per cent of the terror attacks carried out in the country last year (2014), reports The Telegraph on December 16. Massacres by the IK Songbijit faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB-IKS) figure prominently in the report. The index, prepared by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), an international non-governmental organization (NGO), and released recently, said of the 416 deaths in 763 terror incidents in India, 106 took place in Assam. "India's Northeast region has, for the last three decades, seen continual ethno-political unrest from ethnic secessionist movements. The NDFB-IKS, which killed seven people in 2013 and 80 in 2014, was the second deadliest group in India in 2014 (CPI-Maoist being the worst). Assam recorded 106 deaths in 2014 which is 25 per cent of the total deaths (in India)," the report said. The report, titled ‘Peace Measuring and Understanding the Impact of Terrorism’, the third such index released, provided a comprehensive summary of the key global trends and patterns in terrorism. The NDFB-IKS was held responsible for rampant abductions, extortions and attacks in the Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD) and neighbouring Sonitpur District till 2014 but the number of such attacks has come down since Security Forces (SFs) launched an operation in December 2014. Although the report said the outfit killed 80 persons in 2014, Assam Police said the number was more as the NDFB-IKS was responsible for the massacre of 46 minorities in Baksa and Kokrajhar Districts in May and 66 Adivasis in Kokrajhar, Chirang and Sonitpur Districts in December. It killed many others in Chirang, Baksa and Sonitpur Districts last year (2014).
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December - 24 
United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) ‘founder general secretary’ Anup Chetia was on December 24 released from Guwahati Central Jail, a development which pro-talks leaders of the outfit termed as "significant" for the ongoing peace talks, reports The Telegraph. Chetia was granted bail in a Central
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United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) ‘founder general secretary’ Anup Chetia was on December 24 released from Guwahati Central Jail, a development which pro-talks leaders of the outfit termed as "significant" for the ongoing peace talks, reports The Telegraph. Chetia was granted bail in a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) case on December 23 and three other cases, two of which were under Terrorist and Disruptive Activities [Prevention] Act (TADA), earlier. The court, however, asked him not to leave the state without informing it. "I am speechless. I can't find words to express my feelings," were the first words that Anup Chetia said after he came out from jail, adds The Telegraph. "I am out of jail, finally, after 18 years and three days," he said. Sounding overwhelmed, Chetia said that jail life was not easy. "It is both a physical and a mental ordeal. You lose your democratic rights, your personal liberty and have to live a life that the authorities want you to live," he said.
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